(including Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, and Negros): became a Spanish colony in 1571 but ceded to the US in 1898 after the Spanish-American War; gained independence in 1946. The islands are generally mountainous and volcanic. Official languages: Filipino, based on Tagalog, and English. Religion: ...
1.(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an extended prose narrative story or short novel 2.(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a novel that is regarded as being slight, trivial, or sentimental 3.(Classical Music) a short piece of lyrical music, esp one for the piano ...
Based on from the Filipino comic series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo, "Trese" is set on the streets of modern Manila, the capital of the Philippines, where supernatural creatures are sequestered away in abandoned properties and sewers, and serve as members of gangs...
became the first Filipino film to be included in the “Competition Section” of the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then,Himalahas been exhibited in a number offilm festivalsaround the world. The film follows Elsa (a young village girl) who exhibits miraculous healing...
Butterfield said: “It’s equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, a universal tale of ‘what ifs’, and I can’t wait to bring it to life on stage for the very first time.” Based on the David Foenkinos novel, the play is written by Barney Norris and directed by Michael Longhurst. ...
Origins and rise of the Filipino novel : a generic study of the novel until 1940 R Mojares - 《Journal of Asian Studies》 被引量: 0发表: 1984年 Artistic Norms and Political Standards-Issues in the Writing of a Philippine Literary History Origins and Rise of the Filipino Novel), I hope ...
Systolic blood pressure was determined by the first Korotkoff sound, and diastolic blood pressure by the fifth Korotkoff sound. Body weight, to the nearest 50 grams, was measured using a portable balance scale. Subjects were weighed without shoes and in a minimum of clothing. Height was measured...
The Writing of Philippine Social History in the Filipino American Novel TWICE BLESSEDdoi:10.25236/AJHSS.2019.020701Hong ShaoFrancis Academic Press
Bechdel's tragicomic "memoir" (or what I prefer to call a , my own hybridization of memoir/trauma/noir) was not the first such work in the graphic novel genre. A number of writers preceded her in producing hybrid works that combined drawings and comics with a novel-esque storyline. Howev...
Even were the Filipino not a man like the rest; even were we to suppose that zeal in him for work was as essential as the movement of a wheel caught in the gearing of others in motion; even were we to deny him foresight and the judgment that the past and the present form, there ...